Gurbani

Because sometimes people say that this topic should be explained to our Sikhs.

Now, on the basis of Gurbani, we have also published an article on it.

So the name of this is the Scorpion Sting in the sub stack.

Why does every single one of us in the Hemkunt Foundation run around? So those who have seen this guy's post on Instagram, after reading it for 10 days, we also found a photo on our sub stack.

It is clear that when someone becomes a Khusra, he has to say that the Guru is also like me.

The biggest thing that the Sikhs say is that if the Guru is made like us, then the Sikhs can do whatever they want.

However, Gurbani says that we should become like the Guru, not like the Guru.

Now, a very big question arises here, that if we remove this image of Khusri from history, then what will happen to those who go and justify this image of Khusri? What will happen to those who help non-Sikhs? What will happen to those who help non-Sikhs? Which one of them will survive in the end? Think about it.

The reason why I say this is because sometimes jeri nava kan- navi katha sunnde, when you're listening to katha for the first time, you think, "Oh, we don't really have kings like that in this way anymore.

You know, we need to update Gurbani." Nai pyaareo, you have to read between the lines of Gurbani, and you have to understand its principles, the teachings.

The word raja, bhav jera raj karda hai, the one that is in control.

And that is existing still today.

Everything goes in a cycle.

So the political systems that we hold on today, these will die out and maybe new political systems come out.

But the principles of Gurbani will still remain the same.

Ke this is the age of Kaljug.

So according to the Sikhs, if Khalistani Batheri or Marxist ideas are used today, then it is not Khalistani, it is Kanjar.

If we look at the meaning of Gurbani, then we will clearly find out that there should be no discussion of Comrade thought in the Sikhs, nor is there any place in the Sikhs for this thing, where we can say that you can be a Sikh or a Comrade.

Now, it is also said that when they finished the 84 bills and the Lihar puri in Asik Pak, JL Singh's family left their big comrades in the district who were in the Naxalites, and took them to Amrit Shukak or Khande Kirtani where the families were living in the organization.

Now, everyone knows what the people of Pakistan are talking about.

But what happens to us is that when the Comrade says that we are the only human beings in the universe, then we give up.

We don't even know what's going on in the minds of all people.

Whatever it is, without thinking, understanding, or understanding the wrong translation of Gurbani, our people get ahead of us.

And then where do we go and break away from that which is not in our minds.

And I remember like, you know, for us as children, when I say us, I'm talking about myself and my brother, my older brother, Gurudev Singh, who plays tabla as well and very often accompanies me.

So we would go to the Gurudwara, we would listen to the music, not understand the language, the Gurbani language, you know, we wouldn't understand what Raag was.

And our parents wanted us to learn, like I said, so they sent us to many kind of local teachers here in Birmingham.

We didn't take to it too well.

Is that correct?

Yeah.

So all of the Gurbani that is from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib composed in ragas.

Right.

And in 2016, I left my work in IT to then follow this full time.

And it's been more than 10 years now that we've been just going as far as we can with bringing the teachings of Gurbani, not just to the Sikh audience, but also to communities all around the world.

And you can definitely see that on GoToGetBy in terms of even just the different types of platforms you've gone on.

I think it was, was it called BayerBisics? That was fantastic, right? In terms of, you know, going on to kind of more mainstream podcast channels and stuff as well.

And that's what Sangat does well in terms of if there's somewhere where you feel that you're lacking, then Sangat can show that and show you a way forward, Guru Kirpan, in terms of getting you back on the path to reading Bhāt and taking Amrit.

And you spoke about, I'm guessing in your twenties, you had different experiences.

You started to delve more into Gurbani.

And you mentioned something about being healing as well.

My question is about Simran and Naam Simran.

I know that in the Gurbani it talks about Simran all the time and that often our interpretation or many Gurdwara or many people say that Simran is Vaheguru, like the mantra Vaheguru.

And that if you, at some point, you get into sun, and that you can hear certain things, and you can taste amrit, etc.

There's this whole journey described.

I am in a state of remembrance.

I am in a state of euphoria.

And then when I go back to the teachings and I hear these love songs, Gurbani's love songs, I'm listening to them and I'm saying, oh, I seem to be in a similar state to some of these songs that I'm seeing in the Shabad and the Kirtan.

So I'm validated by that.

We call that or grammar.

And we say it so flippantly that, oh, Gurbani is a , it's a treasure.

The more you dive into it, the more it unveils.

But it really is.

So I felt that there was a need for a Japji Sahib translation that wasn't being satisfied by the existing translations that are there at the moment.

i guess in some ways it was a relationship over because that's a long period of time i don't think i've done anything that's lasted eight years good morning obviously is an absolute treasure trove but and and this question i guess is almost double-sided which is on one hand by default it being poetry and also philosophical, surely there is just no end to the possible explanations.

But then on the same time, is it also the way we frame it? So if we're looking at Gurbani in a manner that we want to find more, we're almost going to find that, right? So how are you certain on some of those meanings and I don't mean it because I think your translation is wrong it's more so because for me I find when you translate something you can translate it into like loads of different ways and for this I was looking at other texts that have been translated so just take like the Iliad for argument's sake it's been translated hundreds and hundreds of times but you can take one word And academics will argue till they're blue in the face that actually, no, it means this and no, it means that.

So how do you, what's like the thought process and how do you kind of sanity check? Okay, I'm going to go with this meaning because it's based on this.

Right.

And then for her to speak about Sikhi and to speak about Gurbani and stuff like that.

I was blown away.

And I'm like,

wait,

my whole perception, it just completely changed.

Because up until that point, I had only heard Gurbani or words of wisdom, or I guess I shouldn't say words of wisdom, but just mainly about Sikhi and Gurbani from like women who are very strict, who are very like religious, who presented themselves as such.

So I just always thought in order to be close to God, like that's how you have to be.